New approaches to openess: Beyond Open Educational Resources
| Published | 2012 |
| Publisher | University of Leicester |
| Region | Europe |
ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by discussing the characteristics of social and participatory media and considers their implications for learning, teaching and research. The notion of openness is then considered and different facets of open practices across learning, teaching and research are considered.| Keywords | digital literacy · OER research · open scholarship · OER delivery · OPAL · OER history · OER definition · web 2.0 · social media |
| Language | eng |
| URL | http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/6305 |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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